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Is The Most Effective Leadership Style Within Your Reach?
What is your mental capacity to reach with your leadership style. We are all clear on our physical limitations, but what is our ability to stretch our style when it comes to leading ourselves and others?
Why There is No Such Thing as Micro-Leadership
We have all heard of micro-management, but the term micro-leadership doesn’t exist. Why is there so much confusion between leadership and management?
Jeff Van Gundy Talks Leadership
ESPN Commentator and NBA head coach Jeff Van Gundy shares his thoughts on leadership.
3 Affordable Ways Your Company Can Add Value to Your Next Team Building Event
There is a big difference between team building and team bonding. Adam Cannavo highlights the difference and provides some advice for planning your next offsite.
Groove Management Leaders Disrupt HR
Disrupting HR is a new way of thinking about the role HR plays in an organization. Groove Management helps HR leaders to be more provocative.
2018 Servant Leadership Reflections
2018 was a great year for our business, but what we are most proud of is the work we performed to help those in need.
Does being a dick influence success as a leader?
Max Joseph's short film Dicks was the inspiration for this post. We explore the question as to whether being a dick influences ones success as a leader.
Leveraging the Leading Dimensions Profile Assessment to Unlock Self-Awareness
By leveraging the Leading Dimensions Profile, LeaderSurf participants become more self aware and boost their leadership capabilities.
Take A Team Timeout: 5 Corporate Team Building Activities in Charlotte
Five Charlotte are team building activities that Groove Management can help you organize and facilitate.
Mental Fitness: Why an executive coach is like a personal trainer for your brain
Why hiring an executive coach is like hiring a personal trainer for your brain.
A Personal Board of Directors Can Help Unlock Your Potential
Assembling a personal board of directors (PBOD) is a great approach to gaining career insights and advice from a diverse group of trusted advisers. Learn how to approach assembling your PBOD.
Who Owns Your Development Plan?
Having a development plan is an important step towards achieving career success, but too many people rely on their bosses and the company to develop the plan. Take matters into your own hands and own your development plan.
Step Out of Your Comfort-Zone and Into Your Learning Zone
We learn best when we step out of our comfort zone and into the learning zone. Here are some tips on how to open yourself up to new learnings.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOUR TEAM CALLED TIMEOUT?
Unlike in sports where the competitions are scheduled, in business the competition never stops, unless your team calls a TIMEOUT. When was the last time your team called a timeout.
Do You Have A Daily Ritual? Are You Taking Time For Yourself?
Do you have a daily ritual? Something you do every day just for you. Forget servant leadership for a minute and understand that selfish leadership can be important at times too.
3 LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM A WORKSHOP AT THE MCCOLL CENTER FOR ART + INNOVATION
Three Leadership lessons from an art and innovation workshop at the McColl Center. Originally published in the Charlotte Agenda.
GIVE THE GIFT OF FEEDBACK
When working with senior leaders one of the biggest hurdles is to get them to see constructive feedback in a positive light. Too often leaders think feedback is an attack on them. Referring to feedback as a gift opens their eyes to the positives.
LEADING FROM THE FRONT: WHAT DO A HEAD OF SCHOOL AT CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY AND THE CEO OF SOUTHWEST AIRLINES HAVE IN COMMON?
As leaders it is the small actions that can have large impacts. Think about the last time you greeted your employees or customers in the office lobby or at the front door to your retail outlet. If you have never tried it, go for it. That small gesture will have a lasting positive impact. Learn how the actions of one school leader model the behaviors of a great leader.
SHOULD YOU ACT LIKE A LEADER OR LEAD LIKE AN ACTOR?
The key to being a great actor is to be yourself. Acting is not about impersonation, it is about originality. The same concept holds true in the business world. As a leader, the most important attribute you can bring to your job is your authenticity. There is no one else like you in the world and that is what makes each of us special and different. Too many people spend their working lives trying to be like someone else or adjusting their personality and approach to “fit in”.
BUSINESS IS GOOD, THANKS TO MY HIGHLY ENGAGED EMPLOYEES
Stop trying to block the exit door. Instead, focus on getting your employees engaged in opening new doors within your organization.